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Gun Control Won’t Stop Shooting Sprees

Shooting sprees will keep happening until our culture changes, gun control or not

The availability of guns is not what drives people to use them on shooting sprees. There are more guns per capita in Canada and there is a fraction of the violence. The “why?” question is more fundamental than the “how?” question.

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Actually, the USA had, as of 2007, by far the highest per capita gun ownership rate in the world, 88.8 per 100 people. Second place had 54.8; Canada was at #13 with 30.8 guns per 100 people — less than just over a third as many.

Actually, the USA had, as of 2007, by far the highest per capita gun ownership rate in the world, 88.8 per 100 people. Second place had 54.8; Canada was at #13 with 30.8 guns per 100 people — just over a third as many.

“Nations with stringent anti-gun laws generally have substantially higher murder rates than those that do not. The study found that the nine European nations with the lowest rates of gun ownership (5,000 or fewer guns per 100,000 population) have a combined murder rate three times higher than that of the nine nations with the highest rates of gun ownership (at least 15,000 guns per 100,000 population).”